Review Local Brand : Mustika Ratu Cem Ceman Hair Oil

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How's your day?

Hope it's a magical one :)

This is my review from our local brand, Mustika Ratu by DRA Mooryati Soedibyo, which is :

"Hair Oil Cem Ceman"

 through the name, it still keeping Indonesian which makes me proud :D

So, basically this is a hair oil that was meant to shines your hair the true color of your hair. Made from pure coconut oil, traditionally processed with special leaves & aromatic spices to shine your hair, maintain hair's blackness and helps maintain the hair strong.

How to use :

Apply on your hair and scalp one hour before shampooing or at night before bed.

Ingredients :

Cocos nucifera ( Coconut ) Oil, Elaeis guineensis ( Palm ) Kernel oil, Aleuritas moulccana Seed Oil, Lawsonia inermis ( Henna ) Extract, Eclipta alba Leaf Extract, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor OIl, Cananga odorata Flower OIl, Jasmimum officinale ( Jasmine ) Flower Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate. 

Price & Place to get :

 For 175ml of product, it will cost you only IDR. 18000-20000 rupiahs ( around $ 1.80-2.00 US Dollars ). Crazy affordable isn't? Last you quite a looong time for this.

And you can get it in supermarket nearby, Mustika Ratu counter, or I bought mine at Diamond - Mal Artha Gading >> stumbled upon this while doing grocery shopping with mom :P

or online buy at this store --> kosmetikcantik.com



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 Actually, choosing this hair oil because I've ran out of my trusty little oil --> Skin Food Argan Oil Silk Hair which I've been raved about earlier. Instead purchasing another, so I decided to try new things. And I've heard a lot about the miracle from coconut oil for hair as well. This local brand captured my eyes while choosing because it still keeping the traditional and natural ingredients in it, which I like.

It has a dispense like so :

 Personally, I don't like the packaging. Well.. pump is so much better because with this, you can spill the oil easily and leave the bottle sticky and slide as well. Plus, you can't control the amount of oil you're getting everytime you pour them to your hand.

The oil has a hint of the green color. Ohya btw, the plastic bottle is a transparent color, so the color is true from what you see through the packaging.

My review after about 2 weeks of using..

Remind again, this is just an oil that was meant to keep the hair shines, making it look healthy and keeping the natural color of your hair. >> they even stressed out the "blackness" of your hair. As I do naturally have black hair and the image of Indonesian healthy hair sounds like : "The more black, the more healthy it look." :/ 

So.. so so sorry that I got no words for another colored hair :(

2 weeks of using is enough for me to see the result.

First week of trying by applied them before I washed and shampooed my hair :

My hair is unlike my face, it's very dry and matte. -_-" my face is super oily btw and sometimes it look glowing  #JokeToSelf -_____-"

For my hair situation, ( please read this link first --> Skin Food Argan Oil Silk Hair), I always blow dry my hair everytime I washed it ( fyi: blow drying hair could stripped off your natural oil which make your hair dry and frizzy ). So, bringing back the softness of my hair is by putting oil based serum and I find it works best for me. 

Does it making it look more healthier? I CAN'T SAY MUCH. Because I wouldn't say I see a dramatic result for my hair now. It supposed to nourishes scalp as well to make it stronger and healthier for a new grown hair. SO, it's a long process to be reviewed, I guess :)

Hence, by applying them that way, the oil got washed off after shampooing.. and that's not as what I needed for my situation. :(

..Still keeping my review and I go differently to see how far can I go with this..

Second week of trying by applied them after I washed my hair, with a damp hair, like a heat protectant, before blow drying my hair :

Usually with this situation, I only put it in the end of my hair, where it mostly dried and damaged. I would say it protect and make my hair soft and shiny. But the downfall is like other oil based serum I've tried, unlike the Skin Food Argan oil, it leaves an "excess oil feeling -almost sticky-" even after I blow dry them. It could be bad, it could be good.. but if that the case, I desperately need to wash my hair more often than I normally do.

Last word.. I'd say it's a good product. Like any traditional and natural ingredients medication, took longest time to see the result. BUT, it's what the best and the result is never disappointing. So, if you care for your black beautiful hair for a longer term, this maybe your answer from heaven. :P

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That's it my review.

Let me know what you think!

Good day all!

Smile :)

NOTE: all of the product were purchased by my own money and reviewed by honest thought. It's just my way to give you an opinion in buying product that you considered to purchase. Be a smart buyer! Hope you like my reviews.

Review : The Skin Food Argan Oil Silk Hair Essence

Hi girls!

How's your day?

Hope it's fabulous! :)

I've got another review to put in the table.

This time is for your hair!

The Skin Food Argan Oil Silk Hair Essence

What it says :

Containing 18 silk-based ingredients as well as moisture-keeping and nutrition-rich argan oil Argan oil Silk Hair Essence gives your dry and damaged hair a silky and lustrous shine.

※ Free of 3 additives for healthy hair : No parabens, alcohol, artificial dyes

[Argan Oil Story] Argan Oil, Known as 'Oil of God', is produced from the kernels of the argan free, which is now endangered and under protection of UNESCO. It is highly rich in essential fotty acid. Vitamin E, squalene and excellent in keeping moisture that it is valued for hair care.

* To Use

- Spred a modest amount through the hair or parts of it and style it as you want.

- Give a more gentle and careful massage to damaged hair. For more effective hair damage prevention, dry your hair after applying essence when your hair is still wet after shampooing.

100 ml

from the source : http://eng.theskinfood.com/Product/product_detail.

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So, I've got this baby actually for quite a while now. In fact, I almost gone through the bottle ( the picture below was taken when it was still new and in a clean condition, for a good picture review :P)

I love all the Skin Food packaging. <3
They still keep the essence of traditional food recipe :P

And it's pump bottle type to dispense the product.

My thought about this baby?

My Goodness, I love it!

But, to start this review, I need to explain a little bit about the condition of my hair and how it change my hair (for a better).

I'm a type of person who always blow dry my hair every time I washed them. I just never like to air dry them, because it gets me dizzy, getting bothered by the wetness, it won't volumize my hair either, and I would look like a mess even though I did shower and just washed my hair. Pretty ironic, right? lol. 

And off course not forget to mention, my hair gone so much chemical things before. I've gone crazily coloring my hair in college << I've done RED and BLONDE! oh noo.. I'm not gonna post my humiliating pictures here. >,<" LOL.

To add the craziness, I once permanently curled my hair in high school, THREE TIMES chemically smooth them, and off course my best friend at that time were hair straightener and curling iron. Phew!

It scared me at the point when I lost so much hair.. also my hair felt frizzy, dry and damage. And I think about me being bold. *horror* NOOOO! *scream*

I even scared to cut the length of my hair, normally. haha.. 

So, I determine my mind just to make it healthy from this now on.

I have a naturally black hair. What I mean is black, it really is no shed of brown. at all.. almost like a jet black I should say. That's how dark my natural hair is.

So, proceed to this product review (cut the rambling part. >,<) And why I like it so much? Because it gives back my natural hair alive. DO REMIND, I always put the product in wet hair, after shower and before hair dry them. BECAUSE it's an oil based. 

When you put something oil into your hair, please don't apply it when you get your hair done. It should be used in wet hair condition and only at the tip of your dried and damage hair. In my experience, otherwise, it will only make my hair look greasy and "lepek" looking.

The advantage from this product compare to.. let's say, "other drugstore hair care serum" that I've tried, is when I've done blow dry my hair, there is no such stickiness leave into my hair anymore. It just bounce and feel soft like a normal hair supposed to be.

Usually, before I found this argan oil, I love LOVE my GRAPESEED GLOSSING SERUM by The Body Shop.

How much I loved it? 

It's been my 3rd purchased of the product. >,<

The Body Shop one smell amazing on the hair, it doesn't feel sticky also.

But hands down to the argan oil, for bringing down the smoothness on my driest and most damaged hair. ( with the condition : I always blow dry my hair after putting the product! Otherwise, argan oil could make your hair greasy looking too! << OIL BASED )

The consistency between those two products also have a slight difference. While argan oil feel more runny and oilier, grapeseed serum is thicker. << Both from an oil based serum.

BOTH smell amazing! although grapeseed has a more strong lemony-citrusy smell than the argan oil. 

While for the price :

The Body Shop : bought in the original counter for IDR. 149000 rupiahs (around $14.90 US Dollar)

The Skin Food Argan Oil Silk Hair Essence : bought online at Indonesian multiply market for IDR. 100000 rupiahs (around $10 US Dollar)

It's cheaper, right? :D

You know my mind already. I'll definitely repurchase the argan oil from now on :) 

UPDATE : Picture from my latest post --> IDR. 100K Makeup Challenge TAG! on August 8, 2012 >> already gone through a bottle using Argan Oil and loving the result from it :)

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That's it my review.

Let me know what you think!

If there's any question just leave in the comment.

Good day all!

Smile :)

NOTE: all of the product were purchased by my own money and reviewed by honest thought. It's just my way to give you an opinion in buying product that you considered to purchase. Be a smart buyer! Hope you like my reviews.